Book III: Health protection and the environment

I.-The person responsible for a nuclear activity shall implement all the means within his competence and reasonably possible, taking into account the current state of technical knowledge and economic and societal factors, to achieve and maintain an optimum level of protection of the interests mentioned in Article L. 1333-7 and, in particular, those relating to the protection of the general public against ionising radiation arising from the performance of his…

I.-The operator of a nuclear activity discharging significant quantities of radionuclides into the environment in its effluents shall propose discharge limit values to the competent authority, taking into account : 1° the use of the best available techniques under technically and economically acceptable conditions ; 2° the characteristics of the installation 3° its geographical location 4° Local environmental conditions; 5° the estimated doses received by the potentially exposed population. The…

When the person responsible for a nuclear activity carries out compulsory measurements of environmental radioactivity in order to contribute to the monitoring of exposure of the population and the environment, he shall have these measurements carried out by a laboratory approved under the conditions laid down in article R. 1333-26 or by the Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire. It shall ensure that the results are transmitted to the…